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Crime

Maywood Man Gets 16-year Prison Term For Weapon Charges In DuPage County

Friday, February 16, 2018 || By Local News Curator || @maywoodnews 

Featured image: Michael H. Jones | DuPage County state’s attorney’s office

A Maywood man was recently sentenced to 16 years in prison on Feb. 15 after he pleaded guilty to “two counts of illegal possession of a firearm by a street gang member,” according to the Chicago Tribune and multiple other media outlets.

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Communities, Community, Noted

‘Why Would Someone Kill a 14-year-old Boy?’ Residents Wonder at Vigil

Tuesday, September 3, 2017 || By Michael Romain || @maywoodnews 

Brenda Windmon, 48, still has a photo of her 14-year-old brother, Michael Jones, which was snapped as he lay in the hospital near death and recently removed from surgery, his head swaddled in gauze the color of staunched blood, his face obscured by tape and tubes.

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Communities, Community, Events

Vigil Planned Sept. 30 for Teen Murdered in Maywood

Sunday, September 24, 2017 || By Community Editor || @maywoodnews 

Featured image: A photo of Michael Jones that was on the teen’s obituary.

Mothers of Murdered Sons (MOMS), a local support group for grieving parents who have lost children to violence, is planning a vigil for slain 14-year-old Michael Israel Jones, who was fatally shot multiple times on Aug. 30 while walking in Maywood.

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